5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. ^lBlessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 “You are the Lord, ^myou alone. ⁿYou have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, ^owith all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

32 “Now, therefore, our God, ^dthe great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who ^ekeeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.